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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5032
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-13
pubmed:abstractText
Voltage-dependent ion channels respond to changes in the membrane potential by means of charged voltage sensors intrinsic to the channel protein. Changes in transmembrane potential cause movement of these charged residues, which results in conformational changes in the channel. Movements of the charged sensors can be detected as currents known as gating currents. Measurement of the gating currents of the Drosophila Shaker potassium channel indicates that the charge on the voltage sensor of the channels is progressively immobilized by prolonged depolarizations. The charge is not immobilized in a mutant of the channel that lacks inactivation. These results show that the region of the molecule responsible for inactivation interacts, directly or indirectly, with the voltage sensor to prevent the return of the charge to its original position. The gating transitions between closed states of the channel appear not to be independent, suggesting that the channel subunits interact during activation.
pubmed:grant
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/GM30376, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/GM43459, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/HL37044, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 GM043459-09, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 GM043459-10, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 GM043459-11, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 GM043459-12, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 GM043459-13, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 GM043459-14, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 GM043459-15, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 GM043459-15S1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 GM043459-16, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 GM043459-17
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
254
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
679-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-10-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular basis of gating charge immobilization in Shaker potassium channels.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, UCLA School of Medicine 90024.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.